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• 2 October 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - OUR MISSION IS EVANGELISATION A TASK NOT ONLY FOR PRIESTS AD RELIGIOUS BUT ALSO FOR YOUTH SAYS PRESIDENT OF KOREAN BISHOPS SACRED SCRIPTURE COMMISSION AT THE START OF OCTOBER MONTH OF MISSION Seoul (Fides Service) – “The Word of God must be given central place in the Church’s mission and youth must be helped to take major role in missionary commitment” said Father Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong at the start ...
• 2 October 2003
  ASIA/VIETNAM - BISHOP JEAN BAPTISTE BUI TUAN OF LONG XUYEN DIOCESE RESIGNS, SUCCEEDED BY COADJUTOR BISHOP JOSEPH TRAN XUAN TIEU Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, accepted (2 October 2003) the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Long Xuyen (Vietnam) presented by Bishop Jean Baptiste Bui ...
• 2 October 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - PREPARATIONS FOR HIS FUNERAL BEGAN BUT YOUNG JUN YAMADA WAS SUDDENLY HEALED THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF FR. FREINADEMETZ Rome (Fides Service) – The miracle which led to the canonisation of Father Josef Freinademetz was the healing of a young Japanese boy Jun Yamada who was told at the age of 24 that he would soon die of leukaemia. The bo ...
• 1 October 2003
  AMERICA/MEXICO - COMBONI MISSIONARIES AND THE MEDIA: “WE HAVE EARNED READERS WHO KNOW THEY FIND IN OUR PUBLICATIONS INFORMATION THAT THEY CANNOT FIND ELSEWHERE” Mexico City (Fides Service) – On 21 May 1871 in a letter to the Bishop of Verona Daniele Comboni, the great evangeliser of Africa, said that since January 1 that year he had written no less than 1,347 letters to friend ...
• 1 October 2003
  VATICAN - OCTOBER THE MONTH OF MISSION OPENS WITH THE CANONISATION NEXT SUNDAY OF THREE IMPORTANT EUROPEAN MISSIONARIES DANIELE COMBONI, ARNOLD JANSSEN AND JOSEF FREINADEMETZ Vatican City (Fides Service) On Sunday 5 October at 10am in St Peter’s Square Pope John Paul II will preside Mass during which he will canonise DANIELE COMBONI 1831 –1881 founder of the Comboni Missionaries of the Sa ...
• 1 October 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - RELICS OF MOTHER TERESA WILL BE CARRIED TO ROME FOR BEATIFICATION: SWELLING FLOW OF VISITORS TO VENERATE THE HOLY NUN AT HER BURIAL PLACE IN CALCUTTA Calcutta (Fides Service) – It is natural for people to treasure the memory and belongings of a loved one who is no longer in this world. On the occasion of a Beatification the relics of the person are usually presented ...
• 1 October 2003
  VATICAN - FEAST OF ST THERESE OF LISIEUX PATRONESS OF MISSIONS, MARKS OPENING OF MISSIONARY MONTH OF OCTOBER Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Feast of St Therese of Lisieux 1873-1897 proclaimed patroness of missions with St Francis Xavier in 1927, marks opening of missionary month of October which will culminate on World Mi ...
• 1 October 2003
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY A LIGHT OF HOPE AND DIALOGUE IN A WILDERNESS OF VIOLENCE: 30 YEARS AT THE SERVICE OF EDUCATION AND CULTURAL GROWTH IN THE HOLY LAND Bethlehem (Fides Service) – Amidst the wilderness of war and violence in the Holy Land, in the little town of Bethlehem, where Jesus the Prince of Peace was born, a light of hope is burning. The light comes from the Be ...
• 1 October 2003
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - COUNTRY IS NO MAN’S LAND RULED BY BANDITS Abidjan (Fides Service) – Fresh outbreak of fighting in central Bouake. “It is impossible to say what is happening - local Fides sources say – it is too dangerous even to go out of the house. What is certain is tha ...
• 30 September 2003
  VATICAN - THE MEDIA IN THE FAMILY: A RISK AND A RICHNESS. POPE JOHN PAUL II CHOOSES THE THEME FOR THE CHURCH’S WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY 2004 Vatican City (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II has chosen the theme for World Communications Day 2004."The Media in the Family: A Risk and a Richness". This was announced at the Vatican press Room by Archbishop John ...
• 30 September 2003
  ASIA/NEPAL - DESPITE DANGER AND THREATS PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS AND LAITY DETERMINED TO CONTINUE SERVICE OF EDUCATION Kathmandu(Fides Service) – Much fear but no one hurt. Recently the Catholic mission at Okhrey, Dharan, 500 km south of Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, run by the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was torched by Maoist r ...
• 30 September 2003
  VATICAN - POPE SENDS MESSAGE TO INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ST THOMAS AQUINAS: “PRIORITY FOR NEW EVANGELISATION IS TO HELP MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR DAY HAVE A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST, TO LIVE WITH HIM AND FOR HIM” Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Pope has sent a message on the occasion of an international congress on St Thomas Aquinas organised by Pontifical Academy of St Thomas and the St Thomas Aquinas International Society. ...
• 30 September 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ENCOURAGES NORBERTINES, CANONS REGULAR OF PRÉMONTRÉ: CONTRIBUTE WITH ENTHUSIASM TO THE CHALLENGES POSED BY PREACHING THE GOSPEL AT THE DAWN OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The Canons Regular of Prémontré, in their long and illustrious history, have contributed significantly to the growth and life of the Church, especially in Europe, and I join with you ...
• 30 September 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - AWAITED WITH HOPE AND CONFIDENCE 15,000 UN PEACE KEEPERS, LARGEST UN FORCE. DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND MEDICINE NOW REGULAR Monrovia (Fides Service) – UN peace keeping troops are about to deploy in Liberia. The first UN soldiers will arrive tomorrow October 1 and at the same time 3,500 ECOMIL African peace keepers will be integrated into th ...
• 30 September 2003
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - HUTU FIGHTING HUTU. THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS IN FLIGHT. UNLESS PEACE COMES SOON PEACEKEEPERS WILL BE WITHDRAWN Bujumbura (Fides Service) – For two weeks there has been fierce fighting around Bujumbura the capital of Burundi. Local sources tell Fides Service that the conflict is between FDD Forces for the Defence of Democracy an ...